Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 447 433 357
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 12.47% 10.27% 17.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.45% 38.15% 49.38%
Number of salaries quoted 367 288 304
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £28,125 £40,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £86,975
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,105 1,135 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 30.83% 26.91% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 674 600 597
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,063 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,160 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 136 £55,000 -0.29% 81
Cambridgeshire +10 127 £40,000 -15.79% 80
Essex +2 85 £35,000 -30.69% 56
Bedfordshire +7 54 £31,000 -38.00% 39
Suffolk +3 32 £47,500 +43.94% 23
Norfolk -16 9 £61,250 +91.41% 22
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 66 (14.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.36%) Confluence
4 5 (1.12%) WordPress
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.89%) CMS
6 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.45%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 174 (38.93%) Microsoft 365
2 108 (24.16%) Power Platform
3 91 (20.36%) Entra ID
4 71 (15.88%) AWS
5 34 (7.61%) Azure Logic Apps
6 33 (7.38%) PowerApps
7 28 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (5.59%) Power Automate
9 21 (4.70%) Serverless
10 20 (4.47%) SaaS
11 17 (3.80%) OneDrive
12 15 (3.36%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.68%) GitHub
13 12 (2.68%) IaaS
13 12 (2.68%) PaaS
14 10 (2.24%) GCP
15 9 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.79%) Google Workspace
17 7 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
18 6 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (17.90%) Firewall
2 39 (8.72%) DHCP
3 38 (8.50%) DNS
4 31 (6.94%) VPN
5 29 (6.49%) WAN
6 28 (6.26%) TCP/IP
7 26 (5.82%) Wireless
8 24 (5.37%) Internet
9 22 (4.92%) LAN
10 15 (3.36%) SAN
11 14 (3.13%) VLAN
12 12 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (2.46%) WLAN
14 7 (1.57%) IP Telephony
15 5 (1.12%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.67%) Network Security
17 3 (0.67%) SSL
17 3 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (15.88%) Power BI
2 52 (11.63%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.25%) MySQL
4 14 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.34%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.34%) Redis
7 6 (1.34%) Tableau
8 5 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.45%) Metadata
10 2 (0.45%) Power Query
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 27 (6.04%) Git
2 24 (5.37%) JIRA
3 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.67%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) MSTest
5 2 (0.45%) NUnit
5 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.45%) Selenium
5 2 (0.45%) Snyk
5 2 (0.45%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.45%) TestNG
6 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.29%) Finance
3 26 (5.82%) Retail
4 21 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.25%) Law
6 18 (4.03%) Automotive
7 16 (3.58%) Legal
8 13 (2.91%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.79%) Back Office
10 8 (1.79%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.34%) Publishing
12 5 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Marketing
12 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.89%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.45%) Local Government
14 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (17.23%) Analyst
2 55 (12.30%) IT Support
3 54 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 50 (11.19%) Developer
5 48 (10.74%) Support Analyst
6 42 (9.40%) Support Engineer
7 40 (8.95%) Azure Engineer
8 34 (7.61%) Architect
8 34 (7.61%) Senior
9 31 (6.94%) IT Engineer
10 27 (6.04%) 1st Line Support
11 25 (5.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 25 (5.59%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (4.92%) Administrator
13 21 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 21 (4.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
14 19 (4.25%) Lead
15 17 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support
15 17 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (11.63%) .NET
2 25 (5.59%) CSS
3 20 (4.47%) React
4 16 (3.58%) jQuery
5 15 (3.36%) Vue
6 13 (2.91%) ASP.NET
6 13 (2.91%) Web Services
7 11 (2.46%) HTML
7 11 (2.46%) YAML
8 7 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.57%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.57%) REST
9 6 (1.34%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.89%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.89%) Kafka
11 4 (0.89%) Node.js
11 4 (0.89%) SignalR
12 3 (0.67%) Playwright
12 3 (0.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.25%) IoT
2 15 (3.36%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.01%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.57%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.34%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.12%) Clustering
10 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.89%) iPad
11 4 (0.89%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.67%) PKI
12 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.45%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 179 (40.04%) Windows
2 141 (31.54%) Windows Server
3 48 (10.74%) Windows Server 2019
4 38 (8.50%) Windows 10
5 33 (7.38%) Mac OS
6 20 (4.47%) Linux
7 16 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.36%) Android
9 11 (2.46%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.67%) Unix
10 3 (0.67%) VMS
11 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.22%) SUSE
11 1 (0.22%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.22%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (23.04%) Customer Service
3 84 (18.79%) ITIL
4 76 (17.00%) Business Intelligence
5 74 (16.55%) Agile
6 64 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (14.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 58 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (11.86%) DevOps
10 52 (11.63%) Analytics
11 47 (10.51%) CI/CD
12 42 (9.40%) Mentoring
12 42 (9.40%) Process Improvement
13 40 (8.95%) Data Analysis
13 40 (8.95%) Roadmaps
14 35 (7.83%) Data Analytics
15 34 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (7.61%) Service Delivery
16 33 (7.38%) Scrum
17 29 (6.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 82 (18.34%) PowerShell
2 56 (12.53%) C#
3 50 (11.19%) SQL
4 47 (10.51%) Python
5 35 (7.83%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.70%) Java
6 21 (4.70%) PHP
7 15 (3.36%) C++
8 11 (2.46%) VB.NET
9 7 (1.57%) R
10 6 (1.34%) Bash
10 6 (1.34%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.34%) VBScript
11 5 (1.12%) Bicep
12 4 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.22%) Go
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (14.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.86%) DBS Check
3 50 (11.19%) Degree
4 41 (9.17%) Azure Certification
5 25 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.80%) AWS Certification
7 17 (3.80%) CCNA
7 17 (3.80%) Security Cleared
8 13 (2.91%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.91%) SC Cleared
9 11 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.79%) MCP
11 8 (1.79%) MCSA
12 7 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.34%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.91%) GDPR
2 11 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.67%) NIST
7 3 (0.67%) PMO
7 3 (0.67%) QA
7 3 (0.67%) SLA
8 2 (0.45%) GxP
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 136 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.72%) Hyper-V
3 36 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (4.25%) Docker
6 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.89%) vSphere
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 82 (18.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (4.47%) Terraform
3 16 (3.58%) SCCM
4 14 (3.13%) Backup Exec
5 10 (2.24%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.79%) Ansible
7 6 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.89%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.45%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.45%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 284 (63.53%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.96%) VMware
3 20 (4.47%) Veeam
4 17 (3.80%) Apple
4 17 (3.80%) Cisco
5 14 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.91%) DevExpress
6 13 (2.91%) Fortinet
6 13 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.46%) Palo Alto
7 11 (2.46%) SAP
8 10 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (2.24%) Google
9 9 (2.01%) Oracle
9 9 (2.01%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.79%) HP
10 8 (1.79%) Samsung
11 7 (1.57%) Dell
12 6 (1.34%) Aruba
12 6 (1.34%) Remedy